Creeps are characterized as time-dependent permanent deformations that occur under constant stress at elevated temperatures. The material composition determines the onset of creep. For example, steel ...

Concrete is everywhere -- a ubiquity owed to its strength as a building material. Despite its strength, however, it has a pernicious but inescapable tendency to 'creep,' or deform progressively under ...

Upper: A cross-section view of a subduction zone just after an earthquake on the plate boundary. Tensile stress is coseismically induced in the plates. Lower: A few years after the earthquake.

Pressure tube deformation is an important aging issue in operating heavy water reactors (HWRs) and the R&D community continues to develop improved predictive models for in-reactor deformation. To ...

Pressure tube deformation is a critical ageing issue in operating heavy water reactors (HWRs). Depending on the years of service, horizontal pressure tubes may show one of three kinds of deformation: ...